BayStar Capital

Total investments

12

Average round size

24M

Portfolio companies

12

Rounds per year

0.52

Lead investments

2

Exits

6

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
E-CommerceInternetHealth CareBusiness IntelligenceInternet of ThingsDigital EntertainmentMedia and EntertainmentService IndustryISPTV

Summary

BayStar Capital appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1998. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Larkspur.

This BayStar Capital works on 21 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 22 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2006. The important activity for fund was in 2000.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3 partakers. Despite the BayStar Capital, startups are often financed by Canaan Partners, Schroder Ventures, Foundation Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are WaterView Partners, The Hillman Company, Sycamore Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Polaris Partners, Stark Investments, Merrill Lynch Ventures.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Media and Entertainment, Internet. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight beenz.com, Commerce One, SageMetrics. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
12
Lead investments
2
Exits
6
Rounds per year
0.52
Investments by industry
  • Internet (4)
  • Media and Entertainment (3)
  • Health Care (3)
  • E-Commerce (2)
  • Digital Entertainment (2)
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Investments by region
  • United States (11)
  • Nigeria (1)
Peak activity year
2000
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
26
Avg. valuation at time of investment
164M
Group Appearance index
0.75
Avg. company exit year
15
Avg. multiplicator
4.81

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Heavy Inc. 01 Mar 2001 Publishing, Internet, Content, News, Digital Entertainment, Media and Entertainment, Digital Media, Ad Network, Journalism Early Stage Venture 3M United States, New York, New York

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